Peter,As you stated in other posts, you must get over the "overly conservative" mentality, better known in the REI circle as the fear factor.Not to say that being conservative is entirely bad, but you must find a happy middle which enables taking action!

Were he listing my property I'd have fired him for not enabling ALL buyers to have an opportunity to submit an offer.

An LOI means nothing.I’m sure LOI’s were originally designed to enable non-legal professionals the ability to negotiate terms in advance of a contract requiring an attorney.

Good Evening Bigger Pockets Family,Property Radar allows you to see the estimated loan balance and value of propertiesUnfortunately, it only works for the following states:CaliforniaOregonWashingtonNevada,ArizonaI'm looking to get info on properties outside of those states.We do have access to REISOURCE.COM and TITLEPRO247, and other Title programs,But they only show the initial Trust Deed amount, and don't take into consideration how much of the balance has already been paid of.Does anyone use another software that will enable me to determine estimated loan balances for properties nationwide?

This will enable you to buy more properties and increase your returns.

An 80% LTV refi would enable you to pull out 120K. 

I find your background interesting only because you are also a software engineer...as an engineer, you and I know that most of the coders are also board gamers. 

This enables them to provide equity multiples of 2 or higher in 5-7 years.

But the small mortgage enabled me to make a minor cash flow even with the 13% mortgage rates in 1985.

But I can tell you that I catch at least 95% more than someone who doesn't look at all and this has enabled me to avoid a lot of properties with title issues.